Improvement in barbed fences



G. G. HUNT.

BARBED FENCE. I No 189,861. Patented Apri124, 1877.

UNITED STATES 'GEORGE G. HUNT, OF BRISTOL, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARBED FENCES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,861, dated April24, i877; application filed February 5, 1877. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE G. HUNT, of

Bristol, Kendall county, Illinois, have in vented a Barbed Wire forFences, of which the fol lowing is a specification: The nature of thisinvention consists of an improved mode of constructing barbed wires forfences, the object of which is that the fence may be easily repairedwhen out of order, and that each section of fence between each two ormore contiguous posts may be independent of the rest, and hence gaps maybe easily made for passage, if desired.

In the-drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification, AA represent portions of short sections of twisted Wire, each sectionbeing provided with a hook, B, at one end, and an eye, 0, at the otherend, so that the hook on one section may be hooked into the eye of theadjoining section, and so on. The hook of each section is provided withbarbs-D D, which are an integral part of the section itself.

The sections A A are made by cutting wire into suitable lengths andfolding them in the middle, so that the ends of the wire, when folded,may be even with each other. The hook is then formed at that end of thesection where the ends of the wire are, and the ends of the wire arethen separated and turnedvso that the points stand in oppositedirections, and at or near right angles with the body of the section,and also, by preference, at right angles with the plane in which thehook is bent, The sections are then held by the ends and twisted, whichstifl'ens and holds them in shape; The ends of the wires may be cutdiagonally, which makes the barbs sharp,

When the sections are twisted, enough is left untwisted at the foldedend to form an open loop or eye, through which the body of anadjoiningsection may pass and bring up in the hook, and this process is repeateduntil a length sufficient to reach from post to post is bad, when it canbe put up with nails or staples.

It will be seen that each section of wire is independent of each othersection, and is not in any way a part of another section, and is adaptedto be made and sold independent and loose in boxes, and when wanted foruse is then to be simply hooked together.

I am aware that metal sections of fence have heretofore been made andused, and

therefore I do not claim, broadly, such de- GEORGE G. HUIjTT.

Witnesses:

G. G. ADAMS, J osnrn F. WRIGHT.

PATENT OFFICE.

